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BOLSTER-PLATE FOR WAGONS.

Patented Mar, 18, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT .FFICE.

BOLSTER=PLATEFOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,225, dated March 18, 1884.

Application filed August 25, 1883. (K0 model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnnov J. Bniinnow, of Starkville, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bolster for Lumber \Vagons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide anew and improved bolster for lumber-wagons which is so constructed that the axle need not be weakened by a hole for a king-bolt.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved bolster for lumber-wagens. Fig. 2is a plan view of the underside of the plate attached to the bolster. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the plate secured on the axle. Fig. 4 is a front view of the bolster as applied on a single-reach wagon, parts being broken out and others shown in section.

To the middle of the upper surface of the axle A a circular plate, B, is held, which is provided at the front and rear of the axle with an oblong recess, 0, which plate is providedwith a central upwardly-projecting pintle, D. The edge of the plate B is beveled outward from the lower toward the upper surface, except at the recesses. The plate B is held on the axle by four screws, E, two of,

which reston the front and two on the rear edge of the axle. Thelower ends of the screws are passed through the cross-pieces F, resting against the bottom of the axle, and nuts Gare secured on the ends of the screws, by means of which nuts the plate B can be clamped firmly on the axle. If desired, axle-clips can be attached to or made integral with the plate.

The heads of the screws E are countersunk in the upper surface of the plate B.

A plate, H, is held on the bolster J by screws K, passed through the plate H and the bolster, the heads of the screws K being countersunk in the under surface of the plate H. The plate H is provided with a central aperture, L, through which the pintle D can pass, and the bolster is provided with a corresponding aperture for receiving the pintle. The plate H is provided at the ends with jaws M, which are inclined downward and inward, and are adapted to fit closely against the beveled edges of the plate B. If desired, the pintle D can be dispensed with, and a bolt, N,.can be used, as shown in Fig. 4, the said bolt passing through the plates B and H and the sandboard A. The bolster will be held on the axle, and cannot become detached by rocking, and can only be removed when it is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and at right angles to the axle. When the bolster is in this position, the jaws M will be in the recesses G.

The great advantage of my bolster is that the axle need not be weakened by a hole for the king-bolt.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the axle A, having a plate, B, provided with an upwardlyprojeca ing pintle, D, secured to said axle by means of transverse bolts having interposcdwashers F, said plate being also provided with oblong recesses C, and a plate, H, secured to the under side of the bolster J by means of bolts K, said plate H having jaws M, to engage the edges of the plate B, said plate H being also provided with atransverse opening, L, throu gh which passes the pintle D, the end of which is seated in an opening formed upon the under side of the bolster, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

, LEROY J. nnannow.

' lVit-nesses:

J. E. VAN HORNE, G. E. SMALL. 

